OurPDX » Lunch 2.0 http://ourpdx.com Collaborative coverage of news and events, with a focus on community. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 OurPDX shared bookmarks http://ourpdx.com/2008/10/ourpdx-shared-bookmarks-9/ http://ourpdx.com/2008/10/ourpdx-shared-bookmarks-9/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:55:45 +0000 Betsy Richter http://ourpdx.net/?p=1448

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Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments):

Note: you can share bookmarks back to our site if you have a Mag.nolia account – just join our group and then send relevant links to that group when you mark a site, article, or post!



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]]> http://ourpdx.com/2008/10/ourpdx-shared-bookmarks-9/feed/ 1 Lunch 2.0: My Twitter-y Experience http://ourpdx.com/2008/08/lunch-20-my-twitter-y-experience/ http://ourpdx.com/2008/08/lunch-20-my-twitter-y-experience/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:08:19 +0000 Tricia http://ourpdx.net/?p=267

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Today I attended Lunch 2.0 for the first time, and I don’t think I can remember a more valuable experience in all of my networking past. You see, being on Twitter, I have started to follow many local Portlanders that care about the same things I do—whether it be technology, food, or sustainability—and today I met a lot of them face to face.

First, I rode with @betsywhim, @RobotAdam, @JEliseM, and @akfarrell, who I all know in person well. For those not using Twitter, a) you should start now and b) these are how people are known in Twitterland, by username.

Secondly, I noticed that others were not filling out name tags with the requisite “Name” and “Company”, oh no, it was “Name” then “Twitter Name.” I promptly wadded up my first name tag and threw it in the trash, then created another one and acted like I knew that was the protocol.

The first person I ran into was @LizzyCaston. I have to admit, I have been wanting to meet her for a while because she WRITES about food and I READ about food. What a great fit, I think we will be lifelong friends. We decided to tweetup for a cupcake one day.

I then ran into @verso, who I met recently waiting in line for hours to buy an iPhone. I asked her how the 3G is treating her, and she was just as excited as me about our purchases.

Next I ran into @cookingupastory, who I met about a month or two ago, basically when I asked her if she’d like to meet for coffee via yes, Twitter.

She and I decided to sit down at a table where the Back Fence Babes were—where I met both @mediaChick and @thisKat (one of my first followers, by the way, and another person I’ve wanted to meet).

As a side note, I should add that while I was kneeling to talk to @thisKat, @turoczy proceeded to turn and knock me in the back of the head with his backpack. Being the Nice Guy that he is, he finished his conversation with who he was speaking with then got my attention to apologize. Then I got to meet him for the first time, too!

By this time my ride was ready to go. In all of about 45 minutes I was able to put faces with names of people I already knew, and connect with them face to face outside of the Internets. There is one thing to be said for just walking up and talking to strangers at a networking event, but when you already know what goes on in their daily lives, it’s so much better.

@LizzyCaston said it perfectly when I first walked in—”If you’re not networking online, you’re not networking.”

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]]> http://ourpdx.com/2008/08/lunch-20-my-twitter-y-experience/feed/ 11 Lunch 2.0 tomorrow at CubeSpace! http://ourpdx.com/2008/08/lunch-20-tomorrow-at-cubespace/ http://ourpdx.com/2008/08/lunch-20-tomorrow-at-cubespace/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:45:59 +0000 Betsy Richter http://ourpdx.net/?p=264

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By now, I’m hoping that you’ve already RSVP-ed for tomorrow’s Lunch 2.0 at CubeSpace at noon, where you can meet and mingle with 133 other PDX-ers involved in some way, shape or form with technology. (Reading this blog? That’s probably close enough…!)

What’s Lunch 2.0? It started out as a Valley phenomenon that you can read about at lunch20.com – but Portland’s picked it up, put a PDX twist to it, and it’s turned into a nice monthly event that forces me to actually leave my office and go talk to people – in the middle of the workday, no less! (I just finished coordinating the office carpool so we can Go Green while we’re at it…)

This month’s event promises to be memorable – Rick Turoczy, proprietor of the Silicon Florist, is celebrating his site’s first birthday by buying lunch for all of us. Thanks, Rick! And he also promises some surprises tomorrow – see this photo for some possible clues.

If you want in, but haven’t signed up yet? Hurry on over RIGHT NOW and RSVP, please.



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